Bilateral n block inj occipital 64405 at St. Francis Hospital

34515 Ninth Avenue South, Federal Way, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1093713091

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$328.56 with SoundPath vs $4,556.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SoundPath Medicare|All Plans $328.56
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $328.56
Optum Medicare|All Plans $331.85
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $338.42
BCBS - Regence Medicare|All Plans $338.42
BCBS - Premera Medicare|All Plans $338.42
Humana Medicare|All Plans $351.56
United Medicare|All Plans $354.84
Molina Medicare|All Plans $354.84
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $358.13
CHPW Medicare|All Plans $377.84
Seattle Medical Group Medicare|All Plans $377.84
Sound Family Medicine Commercial|All Plans $624.26
Molina Commercial|Marketplace Exchange $630.84
Coordinated Care Commercial|Ambetter Exchange $650.55
BCBS - Premera Commercial|LifeWise Primary Exchange $685.62
Uniform Medical Plan Commercial|All Plans $732.00
Kaiser Commercial|HMO $739.79
Kaiser Commercial|PPO $813.82
BCBS - Regence Commercial|All Plans $839.35
BCBS - Premera Commercial|All Other Plans $991.13
United Commercial|Navigate $1,055.79
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,111.37
United Commercial|Cascade Care $1,111.37
Aetna Commercial|AWH $1,251.33
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,472.15
First Choice Commercial|All Plans $1,480.98
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $4,556.00
Aetna Commercial|Rental not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital

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Bilateral n block inj occipital 64405 at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $347.90 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $825.60 $355.45 – $1,230.32
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $1,249.50 $342.05 – $870.52
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $825.60 $355.45 – $1,191.05
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $825.60 $356.44 – $1,230.32
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $747.24 $355.45 – $1,531.35
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville $416.50 not published
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla $615.30 $262.45 – $1,188.44

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